[CPEO-BIF] "NCR Superfund site in Millsboro [Delaware] deemed safe, compliant"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

NCR Superfund site in Millsboro deemed safe, compliant
  
By Mike Smith 
Coastal Point (DE)
January 21, 2025

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now reviewing the cleanup work that was conducted at the NCR Corporation Superfund site located near Millsboro. The contamination impacted the underwater aquifers from which drinking water may have been resourced.

A TCE-contaminated groundwater plume was cleaned at the Wharton Street/Dupont Highway NCR Superfund site, and the public drinking-water supply system operated by the Town of Millsboro was tested. The area is currently a vacant lot.

The NCR facility included an underground tank suspected to be the probable source of the TCE contamination to the public water supply and wells. The site additionally included a plume of TCE-contaminated groundwater migrating from the probable source, according to EPA.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.coastalpoint.com/news/communities/millsboro/ncr-superfund-site-in-millsboro-deemed-safe-compliant/article_af93acce-d44e-11ef-806c-0f755f4a504e.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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